The UN and its humanitarian partners have appealed for US$121 million to help Liberia cope with the large numbers of Ivorian refugees in the country’s impoverished south-east region.
More than 120,000 Ivorian refugees who fled post-election violence in Côte d’Ivoire now live in Liberia...

The UN is appealing for US$718 million to help hundreds of thousands of Congolese facing conflicts, epidemics, natural disasters and limited access to basic social services in the vast Central African country.
The funding will allow humanitarian organizations to provide basic aid such as food, water and...

UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Catherine Bragg urged donors to keep helping hundreds of thousands of Ivorians still displaced by post-election violence from late 2010.
“Assistance to the most vulnerable persons remains an absolute priority, especially in the country’s...

Room 8 of Bukavu Hospital’s operating centre is full. All the beds are occupied. Some patients are on mattresses laid out on the floor. With amputated limbs, bullet wounds, open machete wounds, serious burns - all 26 occupants, including children, are victims of the latest attack by the Democratic...